Lay of the Land

The worst problems are often ones we make for ourselves. For instance, while wandering Astroneer’s idyllic starter…

If failure is the quintessence of humility, then as I sat slumped over a fold-out chair in a bar beside a CRT…

I’m not very good at stealth games. I like the idea of trying to sneak around undetected, but as soon as I get…

Collecting video games is easy. All you have to do is create an eBay account and click “Buy It Now” on every video…

You might have heard there’s a new Spider-Man game out today. You might have also heard it’s very good. For those…

“Well, it’s more of the same” is generally my answer when people ask me how I’m enjoying World of Warcraft’s seventh…

I’ve played through the first Metroid three times, but I’ve never played it without a map. Yesterday, I was…

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is pretty long name for a game with a straightforward pitch: what if XCOM but with…

The core innovation of Super Mario Odyssey is Mario’s companion, Cappy. Cappy is a hat that can magically possess…

I sat down with Anthem, BioWare’s upcoming shared-world third-person shooter, for 30 minutes today. I came away…